Re: [FW1] things happen I changed the firewall hostname

[Sheik Abdulla <Sheik@FW1-NOSPAMpt.com.sg>]

Yes, Of course!.  Change your hostname.hme0.

sheik  (sheik@pt.com.sg)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sim, CT (Chee Tong)" <CheeTong.Sim@sin.rabobank.com>
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Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 6:55 PM
Subject: [FW1] things happen I changed the firewall hostname


>
> Hi.. I have CP4.0 on solaris
>
> 1)I changed my fw hostname from tyogw01 to internetfw using this
>
> tyogw01#hostname internetfw
> internetfw#
>
> 2)After this I found I cannot reinstall my firewall policy, then I checked
> my hosts file and found my hosts file is like below
>
> internetfw# more /etc/hosts
> #
> # Internet host table
> #
> 127.0.0.1       localhost
>
> 211.149.102.190 tyogw01 tyogw01.     loghost
> 59.199.45.1     internal
>
> 3)Then I change the tyogw01 to internetfw then my host file become the
> following, then everything run smoothly
>
> internetfw# more /etc/hosts
> #
> # Internet host table
> #
> 127.0.0.1       localhost
> 211.149.102.190 internetfw tyogw01.     loghost
> 59.199.45.1     internal
>
> 4)After it, I tried to delete the dot (.) behind the tyogw01 to see what
> happen, the hosts become the followings
>
> internetfw# more /etc/hosts
> #
> # Internet host table
> #
> 127.0.0.1       localhost
>
> 211.149.102.190        internetfw      tyogw01 loghost
> #211.149.102.190 internetfw tyogw01.     loghost
> 59.199.45.1     internal
>
> 5)After that I got a lot of the following error messages on screen, May I
> know why the "dot" must be there???????
>
> internetfw# tail /var/adm/messages
> Jul 23 17:01:00 internetfw sendmail[3123]: unable to qualify my own domain
> name (internetf
> w) -- using short name
>
> 6)I changed the hosts file and add the "dot"
> The error stop appear
> Can I just put without the "tyogw01."????
> 211.149.102.190        internetfw  loghost
>
> 7)When I install the policy I found this message
> Installing security policy XXX on all.all@internetfw
> using interface "hme0"
> Installing Security Policy on localhost(tyogw01) suceeded
> Done
>
> Why I still see "on localhost(tyogw01)"????
>
> Should I changed the following file content from tyogw01 to internetfw????
>
> internetfw# more /etc/hostname.hme0
> tyogw01
>
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